YIKES, I meant to type "HELP"!! I really appreciate ALL the GREAT advice I have received on the Poodle Forum!

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My vet and many other sources say it’s better to wait to two. Standards are not done growing till 2. No matter what people say on here. My boy is 11 months old and he’s still getting taller and gaining weight at a good rate. They can get cancers and growth plate issues. Toy poodle sire. Mine was 17 when she passed last year and Tinkerbell was fixed at two. My vet still wanted to wait. It is major surgery. Beau is my first large dog too. I had his glastroplexy done in august because the little stinker ate some grass and twigs. As he’s a boy he would have had to have surgery separate anyway. I did see that 18 months is ok tho. If she is 17 months old I think you would be fine. But it isn’t really any kind of health boost for your dog. After reading up on boys and how they can get bladder and kidney problems and cancers after being fixed I don’t know if I ever will. Only benefit is testicle cancer and that one isn’t hard to find in time. I was quite surprised at what I found. Depends on whether he decides to try to get out of the yard. That would be worse for his health. So far he’s a happy go lucky sweet baby.

 

Oops I wondered about that typo. Where is autocorrect when you want it and why doesn't it go away when you don't need it?

To your main points, I would spay her at my own vet in June. I liked being able to be home with Lily when she was spayed (and she was young, before first heat since we had a young intact male in the house). At 17 months she probably is finished growing. Both of my poodles certainly were full size, but needed maybe just a little filling out at that age.

Your groom job looks very nice BTW!

 

OMG, she is looking so grown up and pretty, and you did a great job grooming her!! :adore:

IMO, you do NOT need to wait until she is 2 years old. She will surely be fully grown at 17 mos. which to me is the perfect age to spay her. She will have been through one heat, which is ideal for growth and for staying at extremely low odds of getting reproductive cancer, and you'll be able to be home with her. Yep, that's what I would do, 100%.

 

I agree with the others! I think it'll be fine to spay her at 17 months! She's done with bone growth plates and she's had a first heat for that good dose of hormones! Do it! LOL!

 

I’ve read a lot on the subject and spaying after the first is definitely the way to go.

My toy will be spayed at 13 months, after her first heat. My contract specified 10 months, but I got permission to wait 3 months later. She hasn’t had her first heat yet. She will be 11 months on april 9th. I might have to go a little later than 13 months...

 

I’ve read a lot on the subject and spaying after the first is definitely the way to go. My toy will be spayed at 13 months, after her first heat. My contract specified 10 months, but I got permission to wait 3 months later. She hasn’t had her first heat yet. She will be 11 months on april 9th. I might have to go a little later than 13 months...

Toys are fine before one. Large dogs can get more cancers and growth plate problems. It is a major surgery on a female. I will wait till my boy is two. My vet said not before 18 months and at 11 months no he isn’t full grown. He’s still getting taller and gaining weight. I won’t risk his future health for my convenience. He had his glastroplexy in august as I won’t risk him to bloat either. My toy poodle lived to 17. I am one to be very cautious on their future health. She had many teeth pulled to protect her heart. Toys can have major dental issues. And she had them cleaned all the time. I’d rather ensure their future is healthy than rush it.

 

She is beautiful!

I had Poppy spayed at 14 months and she had not been in heat yet. We had other issues to consider at the time and she had not gained any more weight or height since she was a year old so I went with the surgery at that time.

Your girl will be fine doing it at seventeen months!

 

We had our boys x-rayed at 15 months and their growth plates were closed. They did fill out for almost another year; the growth was very slow. They did not get taller.

 

I've had big dogs before though this is my 1st poodle. I would say 17 months is fine, and being home with her is a advantage I wouldn't want to give up. I'd also say keep yr $100 for some other dog and do it at my own vet. You can always have an X-ray done to see if the growth plates are closed. We had our boxer done at 12 months. He is fine and filled out over the next year.

 

Closing this old thread to avoid any confusion, as the OP and other participants are no longer active here.

Feel free to start a new thread, @bathpjs. Welcome to the forum.